A Federal law enforcement officer or a Federal firefighter may be excused from duty without loss of, or reduction in, pay or leave to which such officer is otherwise entitled, or credit for time or service, or performance or efficiency rating, to attend the funeral of a fellow Federal law enforcement officer or Federal firefighter, who was killed in the line of duty. When so excused from duty, attendance at such service shall for the purposes of section
1345(a) of title
31, be considered to be an official duty of the officer or firefighter.

Section 642 ofPub. L. 103–329, which directed that this section be added “following the word ‘Forces’ in section
6326” was executed by adding the section after section
6327, as added by section 629(a)(1) ofPub. L. 103–329, to reflect the probable intent of Congress.